Wrapped Around Your Finger Guitar Tab

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WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER
The Police
 
Am             G/A  Em7     Am          Em7
You consider me the young apprentice
Am                    G/A Esus    Am       Em7
Caught between the scylla and charibdes
              G/A   Em7      Am            Em7
Hynotized by you if I should linger
Am                G/A  Esus     Am         Em7
Staring at the ring around your finger
 
I have only come here seeking knowledge
Things they would not teach me of in college
I can see the destiny you sold
Turn into a shining band of gold
 
CHORUS
G                           Fmaj7
I'll be wrapped around your finger
G                           Fmaj7     Em    Dm7    Am     Em7     Am
I'll be wrapped around your finger
 
Mephistopheles is not your name
I know what you're up to just the same
I will listen hard to your tuition
You will see it come to its fruition
 
CHORUS
 
Am               Em7               Fmaj7
Devil and the deep blue sea behind me
Dm9               Em7               Fmaj7
Vanish in the air you'll never find me
Am                  Em7        Fmaj7
I will turn your face to alabaster
Dm9                      Em7             Fmaj7
Then you'll find your servant is your master
 
CHORUS
You'll be wrapped around my finger
 
G/A x00003
Esus xx2200
Dm9 xx3210
 
 
Peace, love, and soul,
Paul Zimmerman

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Joonas Wanna Be	#1 by Joonas Luukkainen at Apr 6, 1974 at 9:49 AM EST
	I am inclined to believe that this song is about the book Faust. Mephostophles as a term for the devil origanates from this book and the Greek philosophy that is referenced is in fact in the book. Also the whole theme of the book is that the devil will receive Faust's soul when he dies if the devil can make Faust one with self to put it blutly. In the end the devil that is serving as Faust's servant, the devil's goal is to become the master in the afterlife. Just my interpretation.

No Picture Trevor Average	#2 by Trevor fun with drugs at Aug 9, 1978 at 12:37 AM EST
	wrapped around your finger....what's wrapped around your finger when you enter into a relationship? a WEDDING RING.

No Picture Mauricio Wanna Be	#3 by Mauricio Tonon at Sep 4, 1989 at 10:10 PM EST
	MY Eighth grade teacher analyzed this song for our class. He says it's about the priesthood and attaining the ring the higher priests recieve. But, that was 20 years ago.

No Picture keith Wanna Be	#4 by keith mckinlay at Apr 16, 1991 at 2:22 PM EST
	well, firstly, i can say that the song is not about LOTR, the priesthood, masonry, or the occult. i must say i initially agreed with dengeist. when i first listened to the song, i thought it was about a young man in desire for an older woman, who knew he was but had given herself away in marriage. the reference to the Scylla and Charybdis being from the oddysey is correct. its a very Sting way of saying "caught between a rock and a hard place". the young man faces to very difficult options: trying to be with a married woman, or walk away ("hypnotized by you if i should linger") coming "seeking only knowledge" simply means, i believe, that he has heard what has happened and has come to ask her if it's true. "seeing the destiny [she] sold" simply means that he has watched this woman who had such wonderful possibilities for a future, throw it away for a frivilous and empty relationship with this other person. the "shining band of gold" obviously being the wedding band. the wedding band he is completely captivated by forces him to deal with his emotions for her, he is, as we say, "wrapped around [her] finger" Mephistopheles is a much more difficult allusion to define here i think, and has been perplexing me for a while now (which actually led me here). Mephistopheles is another name for the devil in many christian mythologies from the derk ages, and is also refferd to in the play 'Faust', as being satan's lead devil. i think he compares the woman to him because she is wanting to play the game of keeping both men for herself, for some reason, and will not be a part of it, though he still listens to the things she is trying to tell him: her "tuition". the "fruition" is a foreshadowing of the final chorus. the "devil (where we can remember him comparing her to mephistopheles) being behind him", and "vanishing in thin air" means he has decided to leave her to her decision and walk away, forever. lyricists sometimes invision oceans as imagery for isolation, because they are such vast, unyielding things. thats my opinion. and finally, she realizes the mistake she made by leaving him to marry this other person and wants the young man back: she realizes shes "wrapped around his finger" as i said this is what i first thought, but now after researching it some, and even reading some interviews with Sting himself, he says this song was actually written in reference to a marriage breakdown with his wife, ending in a divorce. if anyone reads this and thinks i have put some thought into this, well thankyou, and please feel free to email me if you want. peace

No Picture A.K.A. Steven Average	#5 by A.K.A. Steven Stelacio at Jul 26, 1991 at 8:36 PM EST
	I've always thought this to be a song of initiation into the mysteries of tantra...(extreme sexual experience for those who somehow are not aware of this.) Spellbound by the power of a woman.. finger ring meaning marriage FOR LIFE... in a christian society anything like this is obviously evil as it not accepted yet. Why get so into faust? meph.. just goes in lyricly no? Seems to be a lot of thought on the utterly mundane aspects of life & infidelity. what else could a man want in a loving partnership?

No Picture Len Badass	#6 by Len cullum at Jan 20, 1994 at 10:06 AM EST
	This song is just another little peace of the genius that Sting and the Police laid out for us. The music in this song literally floats along... very slowly and hauntingly. This is really brought out by how Sting chooses to sing the lyrics - almost in a wave like motion between the notes. The music stays this way until the bassline and drums start moving in the last verse - this change of feel combined with the strong final lyric ("then you will find your servant is your master"). As far as the meaning, I can only guess it is about being with a married woman and lusting for her. And she lusts for the narrarator too. In Greek Mythology, Scylla and Charibdes are female sea monsters who lived in caves opposite of each other and devoured sailors. I think this is a representation of maybe the narrarators girlfriend, and the married woman he is seeing. The Narrator is constantly staring at the ring, which is almost taunting him as he can't have her. The 'destiny sold' is her life almost. She is now stuck forever with one man(her husband). It is now all reflected in that ring. Mephistopheles is a devil who Faust(a magician and alchemist) sells his soul to for more power. This is representing that The Nararratorwill sell his faith(in his girlfriend) for power(the chance to be with the married woman). The lyrics "I'll be wrapped around your finger" means that the Nararator will do anything for her(for the time being). The final verse, is kind of where the married woman wants the Nararator, but everything has happened already, and he is out. He will 'vanish' and she'll 'never find' him. He will turn her face to stone(Alabastor is a type of limestone i believe). The final line "Then you will find your servant is your master, and you'll be wrapped around my finger' is saying that she was basically used. Kind of long and over the top, but its the best I could do. ANd for an awesome song like this, it deserves it. Awesome song. Sting and The Police rule.

No Picture dylan Average	#7 by dylan pesino at Dec 21, 1994 at 4:08 PM EST
	i cant go one day without listeing to this song. man i just think it's so sinister i can't sleep

No Picture danielle Lead Player	#8 by danielle woodley at Oct 30, 2002 at 1:15 AM EST
	I love this music video... With Sting running around in a black room with thousands of candles lit... Its very cool, and I haven't a clue what this song is actually about although its very mystical and interesting..